ConsciousCode ( @ConsciousCode@beehaw.org ) English19•11 months agoThe EU giveth (removable batteries, mandated USB-C) and it taketh away
Jummit ( @Jummit@lemmy.one ) 17•10 months agoviolations could bring fines worth up to 6 percent of their global revenue – which could amount to billions – or even a ban from the EU.
Not too shabby! Seems like the laws at least have some teeth.
ruination ( @ruination@discuss.tchncs.de ) 5•10 months agoWish GDPR had the same kind of teeth.
Skull giver ( @skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl ) 9•7 months ago[This comment has been deleted by an automated system]
ruination ( @ruination@discuss.tchncs.de ) 1•10 months agoI feel like common knowledge of all the shit big tech companies have pulled throughout their history is sufficient justification for giving massive fines.
Sibbo ( @Sibbo@sopuli.xyz ) 11•11 months agoNo better source than Al-Jazeera?
LoreleiSankTheShip ( @LoreleiSankTheShip@lemmy.ml ) English26•11 months agoGenuinely ignorant, what wrong with Al-Jazeera? Sure, it’s biased on some topics, but aren’t all news sources?
itsAllDigital ( @itsAllDigital@feddit.de ) 7•11 months agoSo it’s the “We can take down what we don’t like”-Act
SnowdenHeroOfOurTime ( @SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org ) 34•11 months agoOh God no, the horror that the EU could remove content that promotes hatred!
X3I ( @x3i@lemmy.x3i.tech ) 18•11 months agoThe problem is usually in the broadness of the definition. Less democratic regimes can easily use this to forbid material about opposing views and parties. Double-edged sword.
SnowdenHeroOfOurTime ( @SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org ) 13•11 months agoI think the problem is that social media has been used for great evil so an attempt to curb that is good.
admiralteal ( @admiralteal@kbin.social ) 10•11 months agoAt least it’s a democratic body. Way better than Musk being in capricious control of deleting speech rights.
lemillionsocks ( @lemillionsocks@beehaw.org ) 9•11 months agoCant less democratic regimes do that anyway?
smileyhead ( @smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de ) 7•10 months agoIt’s targetting only the biggest platforms and there is nothing in EU taking control.